Massage apparatus.



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MASSAGE APPARATUS.

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` Apparatus, of .which the following is a speci- Y and releasecaoutchouc or otherelastic ham.

vention with cover removed; and Figs.`3 and i sides and ineloses them inthemanner and to .3'0

. hammer d, preferably of or covered with "elastic material. '50

i bottom of the easing.

dle mounted in the sides of the casing and Y UNITED l STATES PATENTOFFICE- JOSEF SEMERAK, or NIEDEaLssNrrz, GERMANY.

MASSAGEAPPARATUS.

SPECIFICTION forming part lof yLetters' lfatent No. 634,590, datedOctober l0, 1899.

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To all whom it may con/cerne:`

.Be it known that L JOSEF SEMER AK, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and' a resident of Niederlssnitz, near Dresden, Kingdomof Saxony, German Empire, have invented. certain newand usefulImprovements in av Combinedv Massage and Beating' fication.

This invention relates to a combined massage and beating apparatuscomprising. a roller adapted to be rotated under a desired pressure overthe body and to thereby raise mers carried on spring tong-ues or stems,so

mers are caused to beat alternately upon the In the accompanyingdrawings, Figures l and 2 are respectively a longitudinal section and aplan of the apparatus of the inaare similar views, but with a modifiedmeans for regulating the heaviness of blw of the hammers.

. b is a casing partly open underneath and formed of the two uprightsides w and sheetmetal plate-cover e, which takes over thethe extentshown in the drawings.

.e are bolts connecting the sides w. The easing is of a size and shapesuitable for holding in the hand, or it can be provided with a specialhandle. Y f y The roller is formed of small wheels a, iirmly connectedtogether, carried on a spinprovided with suitable grooved rims. for thereception of india-rubber tires. Theroller thus formed projects out ofthe bottom of the casing `convenient for running it over the body formassage purpose.

vble number, fixed in dierent positions between and rigidly staying thewheels of the roller. Opposite these pins are located' spring-tonguesmteach voifvvhieh, near its front end, isl fixed a Said hammers whenintheir bottom position also' project out of the Of course, ifpreferred, the roller may have"- the forni of -a single wheel instead ofseveral,

with only one lifting-pin a. and hammer instead vol' a number of thesame. Further, each hammer may be operated by either one ormoreliftingpins, so as to give one or more blo-ws from a hammerinthecourse of a revo-v lutiou of the roller. Y

When the apparatus is run upon the roller or 'wheels' a in,-the-direction shown by the arroivs, Fig. 1, the pins a successivelyimpinge against the hammer-tongues c and lift them with thecorresponding hammers until the l pins pass out of range of thehammer-tongues,

whereupon the hammers fall and give elastic blows upon the body.

l For regulating theheaviness of bienT of the hammers the hammer-tonguesc, Figs. l and 2,' are Yatt-ached to a cross-bar d, adapted'to.

swing by end pinsdon bearings linthe sides of the casing and providedwith an arm cl3,

' having a threaded orifice for the engagement of a set-screw e,adjustable in a slot e in the side of the casing concentric to thel pinsd2. According as the set-screw is adjusted in the slot-e', the bar d',through its arm d3, is also adjusted'to cause the hammer-tongues to turnand project the hammer-heads more or less.4

ont of the casing, and thus increase the strength oi' or weaken theirblows. .The

same end may-be attained by other means-- 'forinstanca as shown inFigs'. 3 and 4, Where a cross-bar e2 isarranged to slide at the ends inslots f, `provided in the sides w of the casing, and thus guidethe barover the hemmen tongues c, which when Alifted by the pins ci' bearagainst saidbar, and thus have their Y `Working length limited. Said bare2 is pro-4 vided with a screw-threaded aperture, andV its adjustment iseffected from the outsideV of the casing by means of the hand-screw h,Working through said aperture and secured against displacement from itsproper position by a collar k on the same, which is held between thecross-bar d' and bracket Z., at-

tached to said spring-tongue carrying-bard.

What I claim is 1 .k A hand massage and beating apparatus comprising aframe or casing, a 'wheel journ naled therein adapted to Contact withand be rotated by' the surface of the body as the frame or casing ismoved-over the same, and

a spring-hammer arranged to be operated by said wheel, substantiallyasdescribed.

2. massage and beating apparatus of thc IOO kin referred to, comprisinga'easing ZJ open :it bottom, a series of wheels a; adapted to turn andprojecting from said casing, a number ofspring-1minmerv tongues c,lfurnished with soft elastic hammer-heads d and liftingpins a arrangedbetween the Wheels for lifting and releasing the hammers successivelywhen the apparatus is run over the body under pressure.

3. A massage and beating apparatus oom- ,prisng a easing, a plurality ofrollers therein,

pins or projections carried by said roller, a

plu ra-lty of spring-tongues carried in the casing and overlappingthepins, hammer-heads oarried `by said tongues and means for ajustingsaid tongues toward and from the`-v rollers, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence offwo'witnesses.

